Carriage corner-iron.



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NITED PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD C. PORTER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CARRIAGE CORN ER-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,558, dated September 25, 1900.

Application filed March 28,1900. Serial No. 10,491. (No model.)

T0 all whom. it may concern:

Beit known that I, EDWARD C. PORTER, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Carriage Corner-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, iuy Figure l, a perspective view of a portion of a carriage-body, showing the application of my improved corner-irons thereto; Fig. 9, a broken plan View of the two members of the corner-iron detached; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a portion of the strip; Fig. 4, a sectional View illustrating the manner of securing the iron in position.

This invention relates to an improvement in carriage corner-irons, and particularly to those irons which are placed upon the upper edge of the carriage-bodies, and especially to the bodies of so-called piano-box buggies, so as not only to strengthen the corners of the body, but to present a metal edge to prevent injury to the body by the feet of persons entering the carriage. As heretofore constructed these irons have generally been formed from strips of half-round wire of a width corresponding substantially to the thickness of the body and secured in position by screws passing downward through the strip into the body. These screws are necessarily somewhat unsightly and the strips themselves heavier than desirable.

The object of this invention is to form the strip from thin sheet metal and secure it in position throughout the greater part of its length by screws which will be hidden by the strip itself; and it consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

These irons, as herein shown and as usually employed, consist of a long strip A, adapted to be secured to the upper edge of the sides B of the body, and short strips C, at right angles to the strip A, and so as to extend inward upon the upper edge of the end of the body. These strips are formed from sheet metal, bent, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4L, into substantially-semitubular form in cross-section, and the edges are turned inward to form iianges a, leaving a space between them. A long strip A, thus formed, is joined to a short strip C, so that they stand at right angles to each other, and in the strip Care screw-holes b, and near the angle end of the strip A are screw-holes cl. Into the upper edge ofthe sides B of the body round-head screws D are turned, so that the lower edge of the heads E will stand slightly above the upper edge of the sides B, and over these heads E the strips A are passed, and so that the heads of the screws will overlap the flanges a. When the strip has been placed over the heads of the screws until the section B rests upon the upper edge of the end of the body, the section C and the end of the strip A are secured in position in the usual manner by screws passed through the screw-holes b d. Strips thus constructed are sufficiently rigid to strengthen the corners of the body, and the portion of the strip A which is exposed presents a smooth surface, as the screws by which it is secured in position are covered by the strip itself. It will thus be seen that a very light strip may be employed, and the securingscrews are hidden from view.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A carriage corner'- iron consisting of strips semitubular in transverse section, having inturned edges whereby one ofA the strips may be held by the heads of screws over which the strip is adapted to be passed, substantially as described.

2.` A carriage corner-iron, consisting of two members arranged at right angles to each other, and formed from strips of metal semitnbular in transverse section, and having inwardly --turned flanges, one strip provided with screw-holes extending through it, and the other adapted to be secured in position by screws, over the heads of which the strip is adapted to pass, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD c. PORTER.

Witnesses:

LILLIAN D. KELsEY, FRED. C. EARLE. 

